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butchna said:
Language is pretty broad. He would have to be publicly offered a job and REFUSE it to be in violation. Accepting a minuscule title isn’t.
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Yeah, judges generally want as little to do with controlling people 's life choices as possible. This Intern job would probably hold up in a contract duspute, and Sexton knows it.
 
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31VFL said:
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Actually, UT could challenge whether Butch has made "reasonable best efforts" to mitigate damages. Since he was willing to take an off-field internship position paying $35K, the argument could be made that he could have found a higher paying position. Butch's definition of "comparable position" broadens the options available. Clearly, UT is choosing not to escalate the issue, even though intent has been transparent.
 
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LA Vol said:
Actually, UT could challenge whether Butch has made "reasonable best efforts" to mitigate damages. Since he was willing to take an off-field internship position paying $35K, the argument could be made that he could have found a higher paying position. Butch's definition of "comparable position" broadens the options available. Clearly, UT is choosing not to escalate the issue, even though intent has been transparent.
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I think you'd have a tough time finding a judge that would want to meddle to that degree. Could be wrong, though. It is a huge disparity in pay.
 
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Jimmy Football said:
I think you'd have a tough time finding a judge that would want to meddle to that degree. Could be wrong, though. It is a huge disparity in pay.
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It's a simple contract dispute. Dooley found a job paying $600K in just a month and he had less experience than Butch Jones. If Butch was willing to take a $35K off-field internship, it's reasonable to conclude he could have found a job paying much more. Moot point, though. He chose not to and UT is going to let it slide. Chickens generally come home to roost.
 
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LA Vol said:
It's a simple contract dispute. Dooley found a job paying $600K in just a month and he had less experience than Butch Jones. If Butch was willing to take a $35K off-field internship, it's reasonable to conclude he could have found a job paying much more. Moot point, though. He chose not to and UT is going to let it slide. Chickens generally come home to roost.
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The counter argument to that would be: "My client decided that learning under Saban was the best path to rehabilitating his career. Other former head coaches have taken this route with success. The pay may be low, but Alabama wasn't willing to offer more."

I don't think many judges will want to interfere with Butch's career decisions to a great degree, especially since he can point to this option as being a legitimate path back to the top of the profession.

You're right, though. UT won't fight it, regardless.
 
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McGeesPub said:
If Brown is afraid to go on record predicting a top ten class, that’s not a very good omen for Pruitt’s tenure. If we don’t have Recruiting with this staff, I’m not optimistic on what we else we have.
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I don’t see how Brown would know what the 19 class will look like in MARCH of 2018. Zero cares given by me. But then again, I’m not looking for something to be negative about. And I think we have real coaches on this staff. That’s what else we have.
 
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Chief Vol 13 said:
LA Vol has said that Bill has stated in the past that he doesn't want to be UT President. I actually think he's been a decent governor, I guess it's just guilt by association. I don't like how Jimmy operates at all.
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Truth to this. I believe Bill has been a solid governor. Jimmy is the one who has made bone-headed decisions.
 
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VolGee4 said:
Truth to this. I believe Bill has been a solid governor. Jimmy is the one who has made bone-headed decisions.
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He's gonna appoint BOT members that will do the Haslam bidding.

I refer to all Haslams as the same person. Doesn't matter which one is meddling. They are all the same to me.
 
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Bassmaster_Vol said:
I don’t understand how that’s not breach of contract. He’s supposed to try and find a comparable job. This isn’t it and it doesn’t appear he’s tried.
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Difficult to prove. The contract says "reasonable best efforts." Most likely, he wasn't going to get a head or coordinator job.

The interesting thing is I believe the mitigation continues throughout the time period of his payments. So, if he does get a job next year, then I believe it mitigates the buyout.

If you take the emotion out of it as a fan, I think he has played it right so far.
 
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